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Originally Posted by OBW
I realize that there are a lot who think there is something to all of this near-death experience stuff. They are busy writing book after book about it.
And when they happen to people in the Far East, their stories look like their afterlife beliefs. It tends to suggest that we create things in our heads based on what we believe about life, death, and the thought that we could be dying.
But why should God now actually be sending a bunch of people back from the dead to tell us these fantastic stories (almost exclusively to those who already believe anyway) but wouldn't send someone back to warn the family of the rich man?
It doesn't add up.
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If you are referring to Luke 16 God didn't say he wouldn't send people back from the dead, what he said is that if people don't believe Moses and the Prophets neither will they believe if one were to rise from the dead.
This is very different, and the only way to prove that God is right is by sending people back from the dead.
As to people in the Far East dying, my personal experience of that was talking to a Buddhist. He had died in the operating room while in the Army. He was resucitated. His experience was very similar and, surprisingly, he said he met Jesus. I found this very strange since he is a Buddhist, so we talked and he explained that after his experience he did try going to christian churches but didn't understand what they were talking about. But he told me clearly and emphatically that although he is a Buddhist he knows that when he dies he'll see Jesus.